Speaking of the Three Kingdoms, we all know this period of history, and the three countries are Wei, Shu, and Wu. However, due to the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", most people do not know much about the State of Wu, and it is easy to ignore this regime. The vast majority of people think that the monarch of the State of Wu is average, and the courtiers are also average, and there are no capable subjects. As for the military generals, not to mention, they all believed that the military generals of the State of Wu were not at all the opponents of Cao Wei and Shu Han warriors. In fact, there are still more capable people in Jiangdong. Otherwise, Sun Wu would not have been the last of the Three Kingdoms to perish. Today, let's first look at the military generals in Jiangdong, Wu Guo still has many powerful military generals, especially the 12 tiger ministers in Jiangbiao, who are able to fight a good battle. However, each of these people has great shortcomings, but they are deeply loved by Sun Quan.
The Tiger Minister of Jiang Biao was proposed by Chen Shou when he wrote about Wu Guowu in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms. All of these people were brave and good at war, and they contributed to wu guoguo. Since there were 12 people in total, later generations also called them the 12 Tiger Ministers of Jiangbiao. These 12 people were Cheng Pu, Huang Gai, Han Dang, Jiang Qin, Zhou Tai, Chen Wu, Dong Xian, Gan Ning, Ling Tong, Xu Sheng, Pan Zhang, and Ding Feng, in order of status. Although they have great merit, everyone has certain shortcomings, but Sun Quan can not only tolerate their shortcomings, but also be very fond of them. Now let's look at the general situation of these 12 people.
Cheng Pu
Cheng Pu was not only the oldest of the Wu generals, but also the most meritorious. He first followed Sun Jian to pacify the Yellow Turban Army, and later participated in the crusade against Dong Zhuo. After Sun Jian's death, he followed Sun Ce to pacify Jiangdong and saved Sun Ce's life many times. Before Sun Ce's death, Cheng Pu, together with Zhou Yu, Zhang Zhao, and others, was assigned to assist Sun Quan. At the Time of Chibi, his position was second only to That of Zhou Yu. Just by looking at these, we can see that Cheng Pu's status is high. Of course, Cheng Pu is a bit of a man who relies on the old and sells the old, often looks down on the young generals, and he still has a vendetta. There is no clear record of when Cheng Pu died, but Sun Quan was declared empress, and Cheng Pu's credit also made Cheng Pu's son a marquis. This is enough to see Sun Quan's love for Cheng Pu.
Yellow lid
This is familiar to everyone, one of the protagonists of the Bitter Meat Trick in the Battle of Chibi. Huang Gai, like Cheng Pu, followed Sun Jian during sun quan's time. He also followed Sun Jian in pacifying the Yellow Turban Army and attacking Dong Zhuo. After Sun Ce succeeded to the throne, he continued to assist Sun Ce. When he was a local official, he made Yamakoshi sincerely subordinate. During the Battle of Chibi, he used fire. This is enough to see Huang Gai's strategy. After the Battle of Chibi, Huang Gai repeatedly pacified the local thieves and barbarians. When Sun Quan became emperor, Huang Gai had already died. In recognition of his merits, Sun Quan gave his son the title of Marquis of Guannei. For the yellow cover, it can be said that there are no significant disadvantages. This person is also a rare all-rounder in the military generals of Jiangdong, who is not only strategic but also good at governing the army. He also had a great deal of credit when he was a magistrate.
Jiang Qin
Jiang Qin was also the first to follow Sun Jian, who followed Sun Ce after his death, and Sun Quan after sun Ce's death. Jiang Qin, a man who kept his promises and had an open-minded personality, could truly do things outside and not avoid revenge, and once recommended his enemy Xu Sheng to Sun Quan. Not only that, Jiang Qin was also very frugal, and his family wore coarse cloth and linen. During the Battle of Hefei, he led his troops to block Zhang Liao's attack. When Jiang Qin died, Sun Quan personally mourned for him and gave Jiang Qin's wife 200 households and 200 acres of land to Wuhu. Not only that, Sun Quan saw that his family was poor and changed all their family's clothes into silk silk. This can all explain Sun Quan's love for Jiang Qin. However, Jiang Qin has a significant disadvantage that he does not like to read, because Sun Quan did not say anything less about him. This disadvantage is the same as That of Lu Meng.
Zhou Tai
Zhou Tai joined Sun Ce's troops when he was pacifying Jiangdong. Because Sun Quan liked Zhou Tai, Zhou Tai spent most of his time with Sun Quan. After Sun Ce's death, Zhou Tai continued to assist Sun Quan. Zhou Tai made great contributions to the conquest of Huang zu, the Battle of Chibi, and the Battle of Wuxukou. He was once shot dozens of times for saving Sun Quan, and if it were not for Hua Tuo, he would have died a long time ago. Sun Quan had seen that Zhou Tai had many scars on his body and cried that he wanted him to cherish his body. Not only that, Sun Quan also gave Zhou Taiqingluo an umbrella cover as a reward. Zhou Tai, like Cheng Pu, due to his seniority and Sun Quan's favor, is also a bit blind, and he is still relatively arrogant. Sun Quan just looked at the scars on his body and shed tears for him, and he knew that Sun Quan still attached great importance to him. Otherwise, he would not have been able to accompany Sun Quan all the time.
Chen Wu
Chen Wu followed Sun Ce in his early years and made great contributions to Sun Ce's pacification of Jiangdong Neutrality. Moreover, because Chen Wuren was generous and charitable, he won the trust of Sun Ce and Sun Quan. This can show from the side that Chen Wu's family is still relatively wealthy, otherwise they would not have the money to give alms all the time. Chen Wu was once made a partial general for his military exploits. He was killed in battle at the Battle of Hefei, so Sun Quan was very sad. At his funeral, Sun Quan personally attended and participated in the condolences. Not only that, Sun Quan exempted the 200 tenant farmers below him from permanent taxes. In addition, Sun Quan also ordered Chen Wu's concubines to be buried. This can all reflect Sun Quan's love for Chen Wu. However, it is against heaven for him to have his concubine buried, and it is unacceptable to people. For Chen Wu, the history books do not record that he has any special shortcomings, and in general, it can be regarded as perfect.
Dong Raid
Dong Xun followed Sun Ce in his early years, followed Sun Ce through Jiangdong, and then assisted Sun Quan. Dong Raider was very brave in battle, and even had a feeling of not being afraid of death. During the conquest of Huang Zu, the ships of Sun Quan's army were stopped by Huang Zu's ships. Dong Xun personally cut two large cables with a knife, and Sun Quan's ship was able to continue to move forward. When watching the celebration meeting, Sun Quan directly said to Dong Xian: "Today's banquet is due to your failure to break the cable!" When Dong Xuan died, Sun Quan changed into mourning clothes to attend the funeral, and the supply to his family was very rich. In fact, seeing this can also find that Sun Quan is still good to the military generals, otherwise, the Jiangdong military generals would not all be so supportive of Sun Quan.
Ganning
Gan Ning defected to Sun Quan in 208, which can be seen as a relatively late time. However, he made great contributions when attacking Huang Zu, and then followed Lu Su against Guan Yu and attacked Cao Ying at night. At the time of the Battle of Hefei, Gan Ning tried to protect Sun Quan. Sun Quan himself said that Cao Cao had Zhang Liao and he had Gan Ning. However, although Gan Ning fought bravely, his shortcomings were also very obvious. Gan Ning did not have a good relationship with many generals of Eastern Wu, because he was brutal and fierce, and he was also violent and murderous. Such a person will certainly not be liked. Not only that, but he often broke promises and disobeyed orders. These are taboos in the military. However, Lü Meng said, "The world is undecided, and the fighting will be so rare that it should be tolerated." It can be seen that Lü Meng still recognizes Gan Ning. Of course, Sun Quan did not mention Gan Ning, and he basically ignored Gan Ning's violation of military discipline and other things. When Gan Ning died, Sun Quan was still very sad. It can be seen from here that Sun Quan still knows how to employ people.
Ling Tong
Ling Tong was also worshipped as a partial general. Ling Tong's father had followed Sun Ce and was later killed by an arrow from Gan Ning, so he and Gan Ning had a vendetta against his father. When Ling Tong was young, he had destroyed many mountain thieves. When Sun Quan attacked Jiangxia, he led his troops as the vanguard, beheaded the enemy general Zhang Shuo, and broke his water army. Zhou Yu followed Zhou Yu and Lü Meng on a southern expedition to the North. During the Battle of Hefei, in order to protect Sun Quan, Ling Tong's left and right soldiers were killed, and he desperately protected Sun Quan. He was seriously injured and almost died. The evaluation of Ling Tong in the history books is still relatively high, saying that he is a corporal and a corporal who values righteousness and light wealth, which is the same as his father. When Ling Tong died, Sun Quan was very sad to hear that he had not eaten much for several days. And when he thought of Ling Tong, he would cry. It can be seen that Sun Quan still attaches great importance to Ling Tong.
Xu Sheng
Xu Sheng also first followed Sun Ce, and after Sun Ce's death, he followed Sun Quan. During the Battle of Hefei, Xu Sheng was wounded and lost his spear, and he was almost killed. Although he was a tiger minister, he felt that his combat ability was not very strong. During the Battle of Fusukou, the Ships of the Wu Army were scraped into the Cao camp, and Xu Sheng single-handedly killed the enemy. After that, he followed Lu Xun to resist Liu Bei's attack. When Cao Pi was fighting Wu, Xu Sheng built a pseudo-city of Baili to scare Cao Pi away. For Xu Sheng, the history books do not say that he has any shortcomings, and he is also a perfect person, and he was named Hou before his death, which is also the importance that Sun Quan attaches to him.
Pan Zhang
Pan Zhang's neglect in romance of the Three Kingdoms is very serious, saying that he was killed by Guan Yu's son Guan Xing, which is actually not the case at all. Pan Zhang's family was poor when he was young, and he turned to Sun Quan very early, and was appreciated by Sun Quan because of his bravery in battle. He made many military achievements in the Battle of Hefei, the Pursuit of Guan Yu, the Battle of Yiling, and the Defense of Jiangling. Pan Zhang' obvious shortcoming is that he loves money and likes to accumulate wealth during the war. Not only that, he also opened a black market in the army, and even killed his own men to embezzle their property. So many people reported him. However, Sun Quan, because he cherished his talents, ignored him every time. At the time of Pan Zhang's death, Sun Quan rewarded Pan Zhang's family with land and houses and fifty tenant households exempted from military service. This is also an affirmation of Pan Zhang.
Ding Feng
The reason why Ding Feng ranked last was not that he was incompetent, and he was active very late. When Ding Feng was young, he served as a soldier under Lu Xun, Pan Zhang, and others, and when Sun Quan died, he did not yet have great power. After Sun Quan's death, he was only given the title of Marquis. In the Battle of Dongxing, Ding Feng broke the Wei army. Later, he designed to kill the powerful minister Sun Qi and help Emperor Sun Xiu regain power. Later, the false festival, leading Xuzhou Pastoral, can be said to hold great power. When Sun Hao was proclaimed emperor, Ding Feng moved the Right Grand Sima and the Left Army Division, above the Three Dukes. In 271, Ding Feng died. He experienced the four emperors sun quan, sun liang, sun xiu, and sun hao in his lifetime, and basically witnessed the history of the wu state.
This is the general situation of Wu Guo 12 as a tiger minister. Except for the last Ding Feng, the first 12 were all heavily used when Sun Quan was in power. Many of these people have significant shortcomings, but Sun Quan does not care. It can be seen that Sun Quan is still very strong in employing people. No wonder The State of Wu could have existed for so long.
Resources:
Romance of the Three Kingdoms